Valentine’s Day has come and gone, and the weather may be toying with our affections, but Spring has come to our shop, and she’s unpacking her bags. You’ll find spring clothing, housewares, flowers, chicks and bunnies this week at Elite Repeat!
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Whistlin’ Dixie
SOLD – Winter won’t last forever. Spring is just around the corner. Stop by the shop and see this sweet tweet. It’s a book box collage/assemblage. Beautifully done!
This is the year…
Yes, this is the year you will write your book. Is it a novel? A travel journal? A nostalgic look at low-tech? In the best traditions of great writers of the past, you need a Remington Portable Model 5. You can take it into the field or set it up at a sidewalk cafe. Scoff at anyone who stares–this sweet thing is a lot cheaper than an iPad. No bulky screen. Keyboard and printer all in one!
SOLD – This beautiful machine is a Remington Portable Model 5 typewriter. It’s in working order and has a case. The case has paid its dues, but the machine is in very good condition. Cleaned and oiled. Yours for $30.
Page Turners
Unusual, collectable and occasionally rare, we have books of every stripe. If they are valuable or delicate, you’ll find them in our display case at the check out counter. If they are not so valuable but terribly interesting nonetheless, you should look for them in our craft section. If they’re simply a good read, check our book department. Here are a few examples of what you’ll find:
School Children the World Over by Lucy Dunton. 1909. This book is found in only a handful of university rare book collections. It hasn’t even been scanned and made available online. If you appreciate rare books, look for this one in our display case.
We Come and Go, 1940. Dick and Jane team up with Baby Sally as they come, go, eat and play. Later they jump rope and play with Spot. Thrill to the excitement of seeing Spot run and jump.
Look, look. See the illustrations. See the pretty illustrations.
SOLD – Raggedy Ann’s Magical Wishes. 1928. Written and illustrated by Johnny Gruelle. Raggedy Ann has a magical Wishing Pebble sewn up inside her raggedy self. Is there enough magic left in it for an adventure? Find out.
SOLD – “So everyone ran to the great doors of the castle and looked out and when they looked out, they all had to hold their breaths in amazement.”
SOLD – Gem Selection: Scottish Songs. Fourth edition. Bound in the Royal Stewart tartan made of silk and with gold lettering, thistle and lion rampant on the cover. This book has probably inspired many a Burns night dinner. Includes 16 illustrations, including a portrait of Robert Burns, himself.
SOLD – An illustration from Scottish Songs with the caption, “Cam’ ye by Atholl, lad wi’ the philabeg, down by the Tummel or banks o’ the Garry.” However that may translate into modern English, a man in a kilt never goes out of style.
Hot Item
Need a thermometer with more numbers on it?
That’s one of the few things we don’t have! But for everything else, there’s Elite Repeat.
Inside our store, the air conditioning is on the Arctic Breeze setting. Come inside to cool off and shop.
Dream Weavers
We’ve been blessed with a collection of tabletop looms, tools for hand-weaving and books on the subject. We also have amassed a good many handmade quilts, both old and new. A display of these treasures is ready for your shopping pleasure.
SOLD – Vintage and contemporary table top looms for hand-weaving, shuttles, bobbins, spindles, yarn, bobbin winder and how-to books are beautifully displayed at Elite Repeat.
Celebrating the Fourth
Elite Repeat will be closed on Wednesday, July 4, 2012.
We will return to regular hours on Thursday morning at 10 o’clock. So celebrate your independence!
We’ll see you soon!
Hot weather/cool stuff. Bins containing beads of all kinds, supplies and tools for arts and crafts, sewing notions, kits and ephemera are constantly filled by our volunteers and emptied by our customers. Broken jewelry provides some of our most interesting treasures. We sell everything–especially found art and things that no one knows what it is. But you will know, because you are so creative. Come explore parts unknown.
Sharp Shooter
Yellow to shade the eyes from bright daylight and frosted to focus the eyes on a target, these rare shooter’s glasses date from 1880 to 1900. The wire temples are designed to wrap around the ear so the glasses will stay put while horseback riding. The right temple hinge extends a full 180° to facilitate getting the glasses on and off. Does the clear, dime-sized circle in the center of each lens actually help the shooter focus? Probably not. But that in no way lessens the cool-factor of this unusual, authentic eye wear. These glasses are $95 at Elite Repeat. We also have a pair of 1860s reading glasses, a pince-nez from the early 1900s and a pair of 1940s gold-framed specs in the jewelry case.
SOLD – Shooter’s spectacles manufactured around 1880 to 1900 are also called sharp-shooter’s or sniper’s glasses. Ideal for historic re-enactors, costumers and optical collectors. There is a small chip on the bottom edge of one lens.
Let Them Eat Cake…
…at their next bridge game.
Marie Antoinette and a chateau full of other historic French nobility on the face cards will lend a certain je ne sait quoi to your next bridge soirée.
SOLD. France Royale Bridge. Piatnik Playing Cards. Vienna, Austria. This new, unopened package of double deck bridge cards is waiting for you in our display case. $20.
Here’s to another 10 years!
Our heartfelt thanks go to donors, customers and volunteers for a decade of awesome service to our community. Celebrate with us today for the past 10 years of providing treasures in the form of delightful items to sell, the opportunity to know our customers and the blessing of being able to transform your donations and hard work into money that gets pumped right back into our community. Thank you for your support over the past 10 years, and hang on for another 10, because the ride isn’t over yet!
SOLD – Art Deco Bird of Paradise Dessert Set. Each cup is a different design. Slight signs of wear, but otherwise it’s in very good condition.
